Need Help Fitting Video To A 4.6 GB DVD+R

msternal wrote on 12/10/2015, 1:31 PM

Hello,
This is my first time burning a DVD for Amazon Instant Video. They require the file to fit on a 4.6 GB disc. Although the video is only 2 hours long, it says the projected file size is 9 GB. Because it is going to Amazon, it cannot have menus. So I am not sure if I can even use DVD Architect Studio, or if I just have to burn it directly from Vegas. Can you please help?

Vegas Studio HD Platinum 11
DVD Architect Studio 5.0

Thanks,
Mark

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vkmast wrote on 12/10/2015, 4:21 PM

Unfortunately, (Vegas) Movie Studio Platinum doesn't let you specify the bitrate when rendering MPEG-2 using Tools/Burn disc or Make Movie options (in versions up to and including 12).
You need to use the Render as option in VMSP 11 first and then go to your DVD Architect Studio.
Create a single movie project there.

Render settings for a DVD

"(Reply by: musicvid10)"

¹)NTSC or PAL and video or widescreen video stream as per your project.

musicvid10 wrote on 4/12/2016, 4:58 PM

For 2 hrs plus a few minutes on a DVD, set custom render properties as:
2 pass vbr
max 9,500,000
avg 4,000,000
min 2,000,000 (reduces blocking)

You can probably raise the avg bitrate a little more, but why push it?